"While the investigation is still ongoing we cannot say categorically why the Russian jet crashed.
"But as more information has come to light, we have become concerned that the plane may well have been brought down by an explosive device," the office of Prime Minister David Cameron said in a statement.
The announcement came four days after a Russian Airbus crashed in northern Sinai, killing all 224 people on board, just 23 minutes after taking off from Sharm el-Sheikh.
Militants from the Islamic State group have insisted they were responsible for downing the plane, but have provided no details, prompting scepticism about the veracity of the claim.
- "We recognize that this information may cause concern for those in Sharm and indeed for those planning to travel to Sharm in the coming days," Downing Street said.
- "We have deployed extra consular staff to Sharm who will be on hand at the airport, working with the airlines, to assist British holidaymakers there."
British aviation experts have been dispatched to Sharm el-Sheikh to assess the security situation and flights back to Britain from the resort are being held until the assessment is completed as expected later on Wednesday, the statement said.
Cameron will also hold an emergency cabinet meeting on the issue on Wednesday.
"We would underline that this is a precautionary step and we are working closely with the airlines on this approach," the statement said.
(AFP)
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4/11/15
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UK Experts Arrive in Sharm El-Sheikh to Inspect Airport, Flight Safety...
ReplyDeleteThe British prime minister's official spokesperson said in a statement earlier in the day that all flights from Sharm El-Sheikh International Airport en route to the United Kingdom were delayed, citing speculation that the Russian Kogalymavia flight 7K9268 "may well have been" brought down by a bomb.
British aviation experts arrived in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh to assess the safety of its airport and flights bound for the United Kingdom, a UK Defense Ministry told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.
The inspection is said to conclude later on Wednesday.......http://sptnkne.ws/aa52
The Kremlin on Thursday dismissed claims over the cause of the passenger jet crash in Egypt as "speculation" after Britain and the US said a bomb may have downed the plane.
ReplyDelete"Any sort of version of what happened and the reasons for what happened can only be put forward by the investigation and we have not heard any announcements from the investigation yet," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists, adding that "any other proposed explanations seem like unverified information or some sort of speculation."
"A bomb is a highly possible scenario," a US official told AFP, four days after the Russian Airbus crashed in the Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board.
"It would be something that ISIL would want to do," he added, using an alternate name for the Islamic State (IS) group.
If confirmed, it would be the first ever Islamic State bomb attack on a passenger plane...............http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/91449-151104-britain-says-concerned-russian-jet-downed-by-bomb
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No hay indicios de una explosión a bordo del A321, dice ministro egipcio...
ReplyDeleteLos investigadores no han encontrado de momento indicios de que el siniestro del avión ruso A321 en el Sinaí fuera causado por una explosión a bordo de la aeronave, declaró el ministro egipcio de Aviación Civil, Hossam Kamal.
"La hipótesis sobre una explosión en el avión no se basa en hechos", dijo el ministro en un comunicado al que tuvo acceso RIA Novosti.
Subrayó que el equipo de investigadores que se ocupa del asunto no ha dado con ninguna prueba que pueda confirmar esta versión.
Egipto informó a Rusia sobre las medidas adoptadas para reforzar la seguridad en sus aeropuertos tras el siniestro del A321.
Según el jefe de la Agencia de Turismo Rosturism, Oleg Safonov, la seguridad fue reforzada no solo en la ciudad de Sharm el Sheikh, sino también en otros balnearios.........http://sptnkne.ws/aaDC
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Crash de l'A321: après le décryptage d'une boîte noire, le mystère persiste...
ReplyDeleteLe décryptage de l'enregistreur de paramètres de l'Airbus A321 russe qui s'est écrasé dans le Sinaï égyptien le weekend dernier n'a pas permis d'établir la cause de la catastrophe.
La veille, le chef de l'Agence fédérale russe du transport aérien Rosaviatsia Alexandre Neradko a déclaré aux journalistes que l'enregistreur de paramètres du vol de l'A321 avait été décrypté au Caire. Aucun commentaire officiel relatif aux informations obtenues par les experts n'a pas été émis pour le moment. Auparavant, des sources citées par les médias occidentaux affirmaient qu'une attaque terroriste pourrait avoir été à l'origine du crash.
Pour sa part, le quotidien russe Kommersant citant des experts proches de la situation rapporte vendredi que le décryptage de l'enregistreur n'a pas apporté d'éléments significatifs. Selon ses données, au cours du vol, qui a duré un peu plus de 20 minutes, tous les systèmes de l'avion ont fonctionné correctement, après quoi l'enregistrement de l'ensemble des paramètres du vol s'est brusquement interrompu. D'après les experts, ceci a été dû à une rupture de tous les câbles reliant la boîte noire aux capteurs d'information suite à la dislocation de la queue de l'avion.
Le Kommersant estime également que le décryptage du second enregistreur qui contient les conversations de l'équipage n'aidera pas non plus à établir les causes du crash. Si l'avion s'est désintégré en l'air en quelques secondes, il est probable que les pilotes n'ont pas pu réagir à la situation, explique le quotidien............http://sptnkne.ws/aaUd
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